Nigerian Stamps and Postal History

This post is the fourth in a series that explores all aspects of the 1893-1894 First Waterlow Queen Victoria Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate. This post completes my examination of the 1d blue, with a discussion of the perforation varieties, paper varieties and gum varieties.

This is the third post in a series that explores all aspects of the 1893-1894 First Waterlow Queen Victoria Issue of the Niger Coast Protectorate. In this post I begin my examination of the 1d blue, with a discussion of the shade variations, the re-entries and plate flaws, and finally the cancellations.

This post is the second in a series that examines all aspects of the 1893-1894 First Waterlow Queen Victoria Issue of the Niger Coast Protectorate. In this post, I examine the halfpenny orange vermilion in detail, discussing the perforation varieties, shade variations, paper varieties, re-entries and plate flaws, and cancellations.

This post is the first in a series that explores all aspects of the First Waterlow Queen Victoria Issue of Niger Coast Protectorate that first appeared in late 1893/early 1894. In this post, I introduce the stamp designs and give both issue dates and quantities for each of the three known printings. Then I provide an overview of the aspects of the issue that will be covered in more detailed posts, including: shade variations, perforation varieties, horizontal and vertical wove papers, sheet numberings, re-entries, plate flaws, cancellations, multiples and covers.

This post is the last in the series exploring the 1892-1893 overprinted issue of Niger Coast Protectorate. In this post I focus mainly on the myriad of provisional surcharges. Rather than present them by type, I present them by value and attempt to provide a summary of what the collecting area entails, as they otherwise just appear in the catalogue as a page of listings. I also show you a number of forgeries and give some tips on how to spot them. Finally, I end the post by presenting some mint blocks of the regular overprinted issue.

This post is the third in a series that examines the overprinted Queen Victoria Great Britain Jubilee stamps that were issued in Niger Coast Protectorate between 1892 and 1893. In this post I present the different cancellations that are found on these stamps.

This post explores the various errors and varieties that can be found in the Oil Rivers overprint that was used on the stamps of Great Britain to produce the first overprinted 1892 issue of Niger Coast Protectorate. Included is a detailed and illustrated listing of the known, plated varieties for each value in the series, as well as a small section containing unlisted and unplated overprint varieties.

This post is the first in a series that explores the overprinted Queen Victoria issue of Niger Coast Protectorate, that first appeared in 1892. The post begins with an introduction to the stamps and gives both issue dates and quantities. Then, the post provides a broad overview of the various aspects of the issue, including: the specimen overprints, die type differences on the 5d, shade varieties, overprint varieties, plate flaws, bisects and provisional surcharges, overprint errors and control letters.